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Locality Name:
Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1600

mindat Locality ID: 31205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bouck Township
Buckles Township
Gunterman Township

Latitude: 46°27'33"N
Longitude: 82°35'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.459166666667,-82.589722222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Greenalite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Soddyite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Spinel Titanite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2500	1600	1	31531	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2500	1600	1	31531	11547
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2500	1600	10	31531,31532,31533,31535,31536,31538,31539,31540,31541,31542	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	31539	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2500	1600	1	31531	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	31532	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	31541	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2500	1600	2	31531,31532	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	31539	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			2	31532,31541	566
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2500	1600	1	31531	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2500	1600	1	31531	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2500	1600	1	31531	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	31532	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2500	1600	1	31531	30554
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	31541	61
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	31541	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2500	1600	2	31531,31533	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2500	1600	2	31531,31532	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	1600	3	31531,31532,31533	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	31532	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	31532	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	31532,31539,31541	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	31532	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	31532,31533,31539,31541,31542	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	31532	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2500	1600	7	31531,31532,31533,31538,31539,31540,31541	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2500	1600	2	31531,31532	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2500	1600	1	31531	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	31539	6417
Soddyite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂(SiO₄)(H₂O)₂			1	31533	44
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2500	1600	1	31531	1934
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	31532,31533	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2500	1600	1	31531	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2500	1600	8	31531,31532,31535,31538,31539,31540,31541,31542	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	31533	890
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2500	1600	1	31531	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2500	1600	4	31531,31532,31533,31541	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	ree-00235	2500	1600	Early Proterozoic											171345	Denison Mine, Bouck Township, Elliot Lake Area, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada	Elliott Lake (Blind River)- Denison	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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